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Disappointring

posted 18 years ago by xredgarnetx
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It is clear the Winter Olympics is in decline. The number of viewers was way off yet again. The evenmt lacked any compelling artists or performances. And every time I turned it on, I ended up watching a nonsport called curling!! This nonsport went on for days, too. The winter edition has not been the same since the 1980s. And yet networks will continue to compete for it, cities will continue compete for it, and advertisers will continue to pay inflated rates. Much the same fate has befallen Miss America, which in fact was not broadcast on a major network this last year. And don't even mention the Oscars. What a disaster. The Winter Olympics goes on way too long, Miss America should be taken off TV, and the Oscars need to be completely revamped and considerably shortened. (Plus a lot of the Oscar voting is a joke, as we all know.) None of this is likely to happen, I suppose.

[–] anya_angie 18 years ago

I'm not sure what to say about the Olympics; I saw nothing wrong or bad on my end, but then the only event I care about enough to mark my calander for is figure skating, men, ladies and pairs. Not much for ice dancing since Anassina/Peizerat left. My only objection I think is that there was too much focus on the American/Canadian skaters and not enough on the ones who were actually doing a good job regardless of their nationality. The only Americans who shined were Cohen and Weir, who had poor free skates after brilliant short programs. As far as I can see, Weir was too concerned with being a celebrity to concentrate on why he was there in the first place. Of course Cohen's mistakes are no surprise to followers of her career.

Of course the Oscars are sometimes a joke but at least they got Score right this year, thank God. Of course they didn't have the guts to give Best Picture to the right one, but Crash is a good substitute, at least it deals with the same basic theme. I have to say I was so relieved when we actually got to HEAR the nominated scores, though hearing Brokeback Mountain performed by full orchestra was rather strange; it sounded upbeat and happy, equally strange. But it was wonderful that the Academy made up for last year's travesty when they acknowledged the loss of 3 legends of film music with a performance of BACH, as opposed to their own works.

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